If you're ready to choose to challenge, and explore how you and your business could benefit from funding and investment (even as a social entrepreneur) then this is the episode for you). Lisa is a Grants Assessor, Funding Mentor and Investment Associate drawing on 20+ years experience to create online programs for female entrepreneurs getting ready to scale their impact businesses.
Read MoreOne of the best approaches to creating social impact is not necessarily to create a brand new social enterprise, but to buy and existing business and turn it in to a social enterprise. Why? Because an existing business is already established, it has a client or customer base, it has established revenue streams, a well known brand and identity. It's already operating. So all the challenges of starting a new business or eradicated or at least significantly reduced. Yes there's obviously changes required in implementing a clear social purpose or embedding new ways of operating but it could be easier and cheaper.
Read MoreI find there's a lot of confusion about what a social enterprise is, and isn't, and what you "have" to do as one.
So in this episode I tackling the myths and mis-understandings of what it means to be a social enterprise.
In this weeks podcast Maiko Schaffrath shares the mistakes to avoid when starting you social enterprise, from the lessons he's learnt talking to hundreds of impact-entrepreneurs over the past 3 years, as well as his own experience of setting up a social impact business. He also shares about the importance of testing your idea and how to go about doing this.
Read MoreA few people have mentioned to me in the past few weeks and months they'd love to hear more about my journey to social entrepreneurship, so here it is....
Read MoreAs social entrepreneurs pursuing a social and/or environmental mission our values matter. Which is often why I find my clients struggle with the idea of selling or generating income from selling. It's not that selling is bad but their perception of what selling is. in this episode I share my approach for creating your own aligned sales strategy, so you can excited about sales again.
Read MoreKiran Kaur, founder of GirlDreamer shares how they easily fill out their social impact programmes within 24 hours using social media. You can use her insights to fill any programme, opportunity, offer you have in your social enterprise.
Read MoreTo end the year I wanted to share two inspiring stories of social entrepreneurs who have exceeded their revenue goals, despite real challenges to their social enterprises in 2020, due to covid-19. In this first interview, I speak to Veena Isoaho who expanded her shade-grown coffee business, Coronmandel Coast by opening up a coffee shop - Filtr, in November 2019.
Read MoreIn today’s episode Kaeleigh Macdonald shares some incredible insights on how you can get started on social media or attract more of your enthusiastic buyers. There’s so much in this episode for complete beginners and those trying to build their audience on social media.
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